Democratic Constitutional Rally

The Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) was a socialist political party in Tunisia that was active from 27 February 1988 to 9 March 2011. The party was founded by Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, and the RCD replaced the ruling Neo Destour party as the new ruling party of the de facto one-party state. The RCD presided over fradulent elections in order to remain in power, and the party's corrupt rule led to the overthrow of Ben Ali in the 2011 Tunisian Revolution. The party's operations were suspended by the Interior Ministry on 9 March 2011, and the party was succeeded by offshoots such as the liberal Afek Tounes and the social democratic Nidaa Tounes parties.